Waste-pipe cleaner.



0. E. TOWNSEND..

WASTE PIPE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY7 Patented Dec. ,1, 1915.

GRE E. TOWNSEND, OF PLASKI, IGA.

WASTE-PIPE CLEANER.

' of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Waste-PipeCleaners, ofl

which the following is a specification. n

The invention 'relates to a waste pipe cleaner, and has for its primaryobject to provide a device 0f this character wherein connection is hadbetween the water supply pipe and the said waste pipe so that the waterunder pressure from the supply pipe can be let into the waste pipe .forthe cleaning of the same, thereby avoiding the necessity of the removalof the p1pe should the same become clogged or choked from sedlment orother foreign matter.

Another object Aof the invention is thel provision of a device of thischaracter which is extremely simple in construction, readily and easilyapplied to both thev waste and water supply pipes of a wash basin orother bathroom equipment, also one Whlch is thoroughly reliable andefficient in its purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture andlnstallation.-;

With these and other objects in vlew the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing,and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of a wash basin showing thewaste pipe cleaning device constructed in accordance with the inventionapplied to the Waste and cold water supply pipes. Fig. 2 is an enlargedfragmentary vertical longitudinal sectional view.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughoutvthe several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates a wash basin of theordinary wellknown construction, B the hot water supply pipe, C the coldwater supply pipe, and D Specification of Letters Patent.

atenteoi Een. 2f, i915.

Application .filed May 7, 1915. Seria1 No. 26,562.

the faucets connected with the said het and cold water pipes for thedischarge of the water therefrom into the basin.

The waste pipe cleaning device comprises a short length pipe 5 formedwith a plug cut-ofi' valve 6 arranged therein, and this pipe hascommunication with the waste pipe 7 which carries 0H the water from thebasin A in the usual manner, and also has connection with the hot watersupply pipe C through the medium of Tunions 8 coupled with the saidpipes in' the usual manner.

In the union 8 above the point of communication of the pipe 5 withthesaid pipes 7 is arranged a cut-oft1 valve 10 which is hand operable sothat on the closing ofthe valve the waste pipe will be shut oif from thebasin A.

When the valve 10 is closed the plug vvalve 6 is opened so that thewater under pressure from the pipe C will flow directly therefromthrough the pipe 5 into the waste pipe 7 for the thorough cleaningthereof,

` and thereafter the valve 6 is closed and the valve 10 is openedso thatthe basin may be used in the ordinary well-known manner.

From the foregoing description, taken in Y connection with theaccompanying drawing,

the construction and manner of operation of the device will be clearlyunderstood, and

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature y Witnesses:

L. L. PITTMAN, C. W. RAMSEYER.

